Maternal anxiety is prevalent, with rates ranging from 18.2% in early pregnancy to 24.6% in late pregnancy. The condition has been reported to be associated with negative consequences, including premature birth, lower birth weight, postpartum depres...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that leads to the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. Practically, management of T1D requires multiple daily insulin injections, insulin pump therapy, or the use of an autom...

Patients with acute or critical illnesses are susceptible to developing malnutrition, either as a direct result of the disease or due to treatment adverse effects (ADs)1. While disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is associated with various adverse ou...

Needles are a fundamental tool used in many interventional medical procedures as a minimally invasive method for traversing tissue en route to the target site. However, in most cases, navigating the need through living tissues to an intratissue targ...

The surge in technological advances in the recent years has gradually moved from the past standardised therapy concept to a more personalised treatment. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) offers an unprecedented opportunity for personalis...

Existing Knowledge on Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer and second most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally 1 . There were over 1.9 million new cases of CRC globally in 2020 with medium to h...

The High Bleeding Risk in Gynaecologic Surgeries While the management of bleeding is crucial in any surgery, Dr. Domingo emphasised its clinical significance in gynaecologic oncology, given the complex structure of the pelvis, where many vessels are...

Every Second Counts: Bequeath your Love and Light up Lives Despite the medical advancements, organ transplantation has become the only treatment option for some patients with end-stage organ failure 1 . Organ transplantation is a multidisciplinary l...

The 9 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death globally. The prognosis of liver cancers is usually poor, and predicting life expec...

Skin grafts are often used to facilitate healing and closure of chronic wounds resulted from certain diseases such as diabetes. Apart from dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane allograft (dHACM), fish skin xenografts from North Atlantic Cod have ...